Is America moving to the political left?

The results of the few prominent elections held this past Tuesday struck me as generally favorable to the progressive cause, but not exactly evidence of a sea-change in national politics.

Voting patterns in a mere handful of states simply aren’t enough to signal a major shift.

But columnist E.J. Dionne BEGS TO DIFFER:

The center of gravity in American politics moved left in Tuesday’s off-year elections.

Republicans took a big step back from the tea party. An ebullient progressive was elected mayor of New York City. And a Democrat was elected governor of Virginia after campaigning unapologetically as a ...

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The results of the few prominent elections held this past Tuesday struck me as generally favorable to the progressive cause, but not exactly evidence of a sea-change in national politics.

Voting patterns in a mere handful of states simply aren’t enough to signal a major shift.

But columnist E.J. Dionne BEGS TO DIFFER:

The center of gravity in American politics moved left in Tuesday’s off-year elections.

Republicans took a big step back from the tea party. An ebullient progressive was elected mayor of New York City. And a Democrat was elected governor of Virginia after campaigning unapologetically as a ...